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Mason City’s North End Neighborhood Receives Strategies for Future Improvement

Wednesday, June 13, 2018
A group of five Urban and Regional Planning master’s students spent the last academic year on a planning project for the North End neighborhood of Mason City, IA.

Examining Building Details in Diverse Parts of Iowa City

Tuesday, June 5, 2018
URP is pleased to host the third Urban Design Sketches Student exhibition. Students in the Designing Sustainable and Healthy Cities course made three sketches this semester in:...

Build More Affordable Housing and They Will Come

Monday, June 4, 2018
Associate Professor Jerry Anthony recently spoke in Muscatine, Iowa, to address the city’s housing concerns.

World Climate Simulation

Friday, May 18, 2018
Master’s student Hossain Mohiuddin recently attended a world climate simulation on campus hosted by the University of Iowa Public Policy Center as part of Earth Week.
Headshot of Associate Professor Phuong Nguyen

Phuong Nguyen-Hoang Wins Prestigious Teaching Award

Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Associate Professor Phuong Nguyen-Hoang has received a prestigious Innovative Curriculum award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

Climate Change Intersects with Novel Parks Plan

Thursday, May 10, 2018
Students in the urban planning Environmental Management and Policy class took on a unique project this semester.

Gaining a Wider View of Planning

Thursday, April 26, 2018
Associate Professor Jerry Anthony and two students, Reuben Grandon and Emily Legel, recently attended the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s annual conference in Washington, D.C.

URP Student Shares Capstone Project at State Capitol

Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Urban and Regional Planning master’s degree student, Ahnna Nanoski, recently traveled to the State Capitol in Des Moines for Hawkeye Caucus Day.

Urban Affairs Association Award Goes to Qian and Liu

Thursday, April 12, 2018
Assistant Professor Haifeng Qian and recent alum, Shiqin (Shirley) Liu, have won Urban Affairs Association’s (UAA) award for 2018 Best Conference Paper. The paper titled, "...